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Criminal Press Releases - 2012
This is a list that provides links to case summaries or press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts. This is a sortable table and can be viewed by date or alphabetically under all other headings.
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Month/Day | Defendant | State | Violation | Related Media | Case Status | Press Release |
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12/21 | Executive Recycling, Inc. | CO | • Mail and wire fraud • Environmental crimes related to the illegal disposal of electronic waste • Smuggling • Obstruction |
Waste | Conviction | Case Summary |
12/21 | Copper River Campus | AK | • Negligently endangering others when it released hazardous asbestos into the ambient air | Air | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Case Summary |
12/21 | Ira Eisenstein | NJ | • Illegally performing lead inspections on residences without proper certification | Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
12/14 | Jeffrey David Gunselman | TX | • 51 counts of wire fraud • 24 counts of money laundering • 4 counts of making false statements |
Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
12/11 | Norberto Guada | FL | • Knowingly importing approximately 15,640 kilograms of illegal hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22) | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
12/05 | John Tuma | LA | • Discharging untreated wastewater directly into the Red River without a permit • Discharging untreated wastewater into the city of Shreveport sewer system in violation of its permit • Obstructing an EPA inspection |
Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
12/04 | Henry Hawkins | NY | • Four charges of being an accessory after the fact to a false statement under the Clean Air Act | Air | Guilty Plea | W.D. NY Press Release |
12/03 | Asgard Associates | CA | • A felony environmental crime because of its storage at the site of chemicals and biological agents that posed a threat of imminent and identifiable harm to the public health and safety | Waste | Sentencing | Case Summary |
12/03 | DPL Enterprises, Inc. Richard Papaleo Michael Stanovich |
NV | • Making and selling a misbranded pesticide • Intentionally making false statements to federal agents from the EPA Criminal Investigations Division |
Pesticide | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
12/03 | Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC | WV | • Three counts of unauthorized discharge into a water of the United States | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
11/29 | Martin S. Kimber | NY | • Two counts of using a toxic chemical, mercury, as a weapon • One Count of tampering with consumer products |
Waste | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
11/29 | Professional Mobile Cleaning, Inc., (PMC) | PA | • One count of violating The Refuse Act - failed to prevent discharge of and failure to reclaim wastewater effluent | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
11/26 | Ronald Eugene Kinard Jack Bard Haney |
NC | • Conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act by conducting false vehicle emission inspections | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
11/15 | BP Exploration and Production, Inc. (BP) | LA | • Clean Water and Migratory Bird Treaty Acts violations • One Count Obstruction of Congress • Eleven Counts of Felony Manslaughter |
Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
11/14 | James L. Christian Smith Chrome Plating, Inc. |
WA | • One felony Clean Water Act offense -- Clean Water Act False Statements • Misdemeanor counts - Clean Water Act offense -- Violation of a Requirement of a Pretreatment Program. • |
Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
11/08 | Robert Edward Brown | VT | • Illegally storing waste oil, gasoline, antifreeze, and lead-acid car batteries | Waste | Sentencing | Case Summary |
11/05 | Matthew Black Eagle | MT | • Illegally storing hazardous waste without a permit | Waste | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Case Summary |
11/05 | Victor Mercado | MI | • Conspiracy | Water | Guilty Plea | |
11/02 | Pemco Services, Inc. | TX | • Texas Water Code violations relating to the operation of an oil and gas waste landfarming site | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Case Summary |
10/24 | Linda Knox | NC | • Mail Fraud | Water Title 18 |
Sentencing | Case Summary |
10/19 | Erick Alexander Chicas Tanveer Anwar |
NC | • Conducting false vehicle emissions inspections | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
10/16 | Dominick Mazza Cross Nicastro Mazza & Sons Inc. |
NY | • Conspiracy • False Statements • Failure to report the release of toxic materials • Obstructing justice |
Waste | Conviction | Case Summary |
10/15 | William M. Threatt | MO | • Improperly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing materials | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
10/11 | Michael Terry | MO | • Mail Fraud | Air Title 18 |
Sentencing | Case Summary |
10/10 | Bryan Stowe | WA | • Felony violation - knowingly violating a national pollution discharge elimination permit | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
10/05 | Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC | WV | • Three counts of Unauthorized Discharge into a Water of the United States | Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
10/04 | John Tetreault | MA | • False representations in federally-required reports | Water Title 18 |
Sentencing | Case Summary |
10/03 | Norberto Guada | FL | • One count of knowingly importing approximately 15,640 kilograms of illegal hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22) | Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
10/01 | David Wood James Mathis Donald Fillers Watkins Street Project LLC |
TN | • Conspiracy • Criminal violations of the Clean Air Act • Obstruction of justice |
Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
09/28 | James Barber | WA | • Misdemeanor charge of violating the Clean Water Act | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
09/24 | Francis "Frank" Zuspan | WV | • Dumping a pollutant into waters of the United States without a permit | Water | Guilty Plea | S.D. WV Press Release |
09/12 | Cheng Yan Huang | NY | • One count of distributing and selling the unregistered and unauthorized pesticides | Pesticides | Sentencing | Case Summary |
09/10 | John C. Scheerer | CT | • One count of making and using a false document | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
09/07 | Scott's Miracle-Gro | OH | • Eleven counts of illegally applying insecticides to its wild bird food products that are toxic to birds, falsifying pesticide registration documents, distributing pesticides with misleading and unapproved labels, and distributing unregistered pesticides | Pesticides | Sentencing | |
08/27 | Arville “Buddy” Thomas | AL | • One felony count of illegally storing and disposing of hazardous waste | Waste | Sentencing | Case Summary |
08/20 | House of Raeford Farms Inc. | NC | • Ten counts of knowing violations of the Clean Water Act | Water | Conviction | Case Summary |
08/17 | William Duran Vizzerra Jr. | AK | • Illegally disposing of hazardous waste | Waste | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
08/17 | Thomas K. Tienda | CO | • Illegal asbestos removal | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
08/15 | Prastana Taohim | AL | • Two Count of Obstruction of Justice | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
08/15 | Giusseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company, S.P.A. Vito La Forgia |
AL | • Discharges of oily wastewater from ship directly into the sea. | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
08/15 | Cedyco Corporation | LA | • Three counts of violating the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
08/10 | Nghiem Van Tran Nghi Cong Tran Dahn Cong Tran Ngan Tien Tran Bich Dong Ngo Huy Ngoc Nguyen |
TX | • One count of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act • One count of making a Clean Air Act false statement |
Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
08/08 | Timothy Smither Denise Smither |
NC | • Conspiracy to commit mail fraud • Conspiracy to commit wire fraud • Violate the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) |
Pesticides | Sentencing | Case Summary |
08/03 | William Morgan | MI | • Conspired to defraud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) • Violate the Clean Air Act’s asbestos requirements • Commit bribery |
Air | Sentencing | |
08/02 | Mari Leigh Childs | MS | • One count of submitting false material statements • One count of failing to establish and maintain records, make reports, and sample effluents as required by the Clean Water Act |
Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
08/02 | Jason Prejean | LA | • Negligently discharging hazardous waste into a publicly owned treatment works or sewer system | Waste | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
07/26 | Duane “Butch” O’Malley | IL | • Illegal removal, handling and disposal of asbestos | Air | Sentencing | EPA Press Release |
07/24 | Tammy Young | OR | • Making a false statement | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Case Summary |
07/18 | Asgard Associates, LLC | CA | • Unlawful storage of hazardous waste | Waste | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
07/18 | Team Industrial Services, Inc. | TX | • Negligently released hazardous pollutants into the ambient air • Negligently placed others in danger of death or serious bodily injury |
Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
07/13 | Ohio Valley Coal Company (OVCC) David Bartsch Donald Meadows |
OH | • Negligently failed to sample and monitor the flow of pollutants discharged from its holding pond | Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
07/12 | Steven Avery Billy Avery |
VA | • Illegal discharge | Water Waste |
Sentencing | Case Summary |
07/12 | Bret Simpson | WA | • Failing to report a discharge of oil • Unlawfully discharging oil into the Columbia River |
Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
06/26 | Carlos Garcia | FL | • Knowingly receiving, buying, selling and facilitating the transportation, concealment, and sale of the ozone–depleting substance hydrochlorofluorocarbon–22 (HCFC-22). | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
06/25 | Rodney Hailey | MD | • 8 counts of wire fraud • 32 counts of money laundering • 2 counts of violating the Clean Air Act |
Air | Conviction | Case Summary |
06/21 | Kent Phillips | LA | • Negligently discharging oil into Devil’s Creek | Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
06/18 | Boris A. Tomicic | CT | • One count of wire fraud | Fraud - Title 18 | Sentencing | Case Summary |
06/15 | Ronald Monsen | AK | • Negligent violation of the Clean Water Act | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
06/07 | Spectro Alloys Corporation (Spectro) | MN | • Two counts failure to disclose violations of limits placed on its emissions of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act | Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
06/06 | Cephus Murrell | MD | • Improper lead paint abatement • Failure to disclose to tenants the presence of documented lead-based paint hazards |
Waste | Sentencing | Case Summary |
05/31 | David Dober, Sr. Robert H. Block, Jr. |
OR | • Violations of the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA) • The Endangered Species Act and • The Clean Water Act (CWA) |
Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
05/30 | Target Ship Management Pte. Ltd. Payongyut Vongvichinakul, Pakpoom Hanprap |
AL | • Failure to properly maintain an oil record book • Making material false statements |
Water | Sentencing {company} Guilty Plea |
Case Summary |
05/25 | Patrick Dooley | WA | • Illegal disposal of hazardous chemicals • Witness Tampering |
Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
05/23 | Cedyco Corporation | LA | • Three misdemeanor counts of negligent discharge of harmful quantities of oil into navigable waters of the United States | Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
05/21 | Joe L. Parrish Gregory A. Scott |
DC | • One count of solicitation and receipt of a bribe by a public official | Asbestos | Sentencing | Case Summary |
05/18 | Prastana Taohim | AL | • One count of obstructing a Coast Guard inspection of a ship • One count of obstruction of justice related to covering up the pollution by creating a false and fictitious garbage log |
Obstruction | Conviction | Case Summary |
05/17 | Boston Building LLC. | UT | • Violation of NESHAP in handling asbestos during renovation project. | Air | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Case Summary |
05/14 | Cheny Yan Huang | NY | • Distributing and selling unregistered and unauthorized pesticides | Pesticides | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
05/04 | John C. Scheerer | CT | • One count of making a false statement | False Statement - Title 18 | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
05/04 | Stewart Roth | IN | • Knowingly violates the CWA by discharging pollutants into a sump | Water | Guilty Plea | |
04/26 | Integrated Products Services Gabriel Henson |
OK | • Negligent violation | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
04/13 | Steven Avery Billy J. Avery Sea Solutions |
VA | • Spill of oil, oily water, and other pollutants into the Elizabeth River | Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
04/12 | Bryan Stowe Stowe Construction |
WA | • Knowingly violated the Construction General Storm Water Permit | Water | Guilty Plea Sentencing |
Case Summary |
04/09 | Angel Dario Rodriguez | NC | • Conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 • Making a material false statement, representation, or certification |
Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
03/29 | Indian Ridge Resort Community - Indian Ridge Resort, Inc. North Shore Investments, LLC |
MO | • Failed to prevent storm water runoff at the construction site from discharging silt into Table Rock Lake | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
03/27 | Ilios Shipping Company S.A. | LA | • Illegal discharges of oil waste by falsifying the vessel's oil record book • Obstruction of Justice |
Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
03/26 | William Morgan | MI | • Conspiring to accept a $10,000 bribe • Defraud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) • Make a false statement in violation of the federal Clean Air Act. |
Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
03/23 | Belvan Corporation | TX | • One felony count of failure to notify or report | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
03/22 | John Tuma Cody Tuma |
LA | • Illegal discharge of untreated wastewater directly into the Red River without a permit • Illegal discharge of untreated wastewater into the city of Shreveport sewer system in violation of its permit • Obstructing an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation • Conspiracy |
Water | Conviction | Case Summary |
03/21 | North American Green, Inc. | IN | • 150 counts of using a registered pesticide in violation of federal law | Pesticides | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
03/13 | Joe L. Parrish Gregory A. Scott |
DC | • One count of solicitation and receipt of a bribe by a public official | Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
03/02 | Marc Vogel | CA | • Unlawful transportation of hazardous waste • Unlawful disposal of hazardous waste • Transportation of hazardous waste without a manifest |
Waste | Conviction | Case Summary |
02/17 | Julius DeSimone | NY | • Conspiracy • Making false statements |
Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
02/17 | Brian Waite Daniel Clements |
MI | • Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act • Knowingly violating the federal asbestos laws |
Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
02/16 | Horizon Lines | CA | • Two counts of making false statements based on their knowing failure to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
02/15 | Kenneth Horan | NY | • Illegally removed materials containing friable asbestos | Air | Sentencing | Case Summary |
02/13 | Freedman Farms, Inc. William Freedman |
NC | • Illegal discharge of hog waste into a stream that leads to the Waccamaw River | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
02/08 | Oakmont Environmental, Inc. | LA | • Illegal discharge of oily wastewater | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
02/06 | Clifford Randall Tracy | OR | • Unlawfully conducting mining operations | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
02/06 | Donald Clark | TN | • 12 counts of making false documents | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |
02/01 | William Threatt Anthony Crompton |
MO | • Improperly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing materials | Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
01/30 | David Wood Donald Fillers James Mathis Watkins Street Project LLC |
TN | • Conspiracy • Clean Air Act violations • Obstruction-related offenses |
Air | Conviction | Case Summary |
01/27 | Patrick Dooley | WA | • Three counts of Clean Water Act violations • One count of witness tampering |
Water | Conviction | Case Summary |
01/25 | Efploia Shipping Aquarosa Shipping |
MD | Four felony counts: • Obstruction of justice • Making material false statements • Knowingly failing to maintain an accurate oil record book • Knowingly failing to maintain an accurate garbage record book |
Water | Sentence | Case Summary |
01/23 | Hugh Barker | KS | • Failing to file notification of demolition | Air | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
01/23 | Daniel Parker | FL | • Dumping pollutants into the City of Ft. Lauderdale Sanitary Sewer | Water | Sentence | Case Summary |
01/11 | Leonard Pugh | NY | • Violation of the Clean Air Act | Air | Sentence | Case Summary |
01/10 | Jon Goodrich | VT | • Unlawfully stored hazardous waste at its Bennington facility without a permit | Waste | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
01/10 | Keoje Marine Co. Ltd. Bong Seob Bag First Assistant Engineer Dwintoro |
HI | Three felonies: • Violating the Clean Water Act for the dumping of oily bilge waste into waters off of Hawaii • Violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from ships for covering up the dumping of the oily waste by falsifying the vessel's oil record book, • Obstruction of Justice |
Water | Guilty Plea | Case Summary |
01/09 | John R. Wiehl Franklin Non-Ferrous Foundry, Inc. | NH | • Unlawfully storing hazardous waste | Waste | Guilty Plea | |
01/04 | City of Pineville | LA | • Illegal discharge | Water | Sentencing | Case Summary |